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Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, Section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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2 Obligation to hold operator’s licence.E+W+S
(1)Subject to subsection (2) and section 4, no person shall use a goods vehicle on a road for the carriage of goods—
(a)for hire or reward, or
(b)for or in connection with any trade or business carried on by him,
except under a licence issued under this Act; and in this Act such a licence is referred to as an “operator’s licence”.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a)the use of a small goods vehicle within the meaning given in Schedule 1;
(b)the use of a goods vehicle for international carriage by a haulier established in a member State other than the United Kingdom and not established in the United Kingdom;
(c)the use of a goods vehicle for international carriage by a haulier established in Northern Ireland and not established in Great Britain; or
(d)the use of a vehicle of any class specified in regulations.
(3)In subsection (2)(b) and (c) “established”, “haulier” and “international carriage” have the same meaning as in Community Council Regulation (EEC) No.881/92 dated 26 March 1992 concerning access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a member State or passing across the territory of one or more member States.
(4)It is hereby declared that, for the purposes of this Act, the performance by a local or public authority of their functions constitutes the carrying on of a business.
(5)A person who uses a vehicle in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [level 5]on the standard scale.
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